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Trump Indicted
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Trump indicted.” The news that former U.S. president Donald J. Trump was indicted by New York grand jury related to the Stormy Daniels controversy hit like a thunderclap. Few saw it coming, especially after earlier… Full Transcript
The Death of The Death Penalty
Mumia Abu-Jamal
The death of the death penalty. In a stunning surprise, the jury, hearing sentencing arguments in the case of Nicholas Cruz at the Stoneman Douglas School, Parkland, FL for the killing of 17 people, recommended… Full Transcript
Roderick Johnson Has Case Dismissed
Mumia Abu-Jamal
On Death Row he’s known as “Roddy,” short for Roderick—Roderick Johnson, in fact. For the last 23 years, “Roddy” has been on Pennsylvania’s Death Row, a co-defendant charged with 2 homicides: a drug deal gone… Full Transcript
An Update
Sheik Bilal Abdul Salaam-Bey
This is Bilal Abdul-Salam Bay. Also known as Charley Hughes, I have a scheduled court date coming up December 4th. And it’s going to be about whether or not I can win my habeas- a… Full Transcript
Stressing Out But Still In The Fight
Dontie Mitchell
“Stressing Out But Still In The Fight.” I told you all in my last commentary how Corrections Sergeant Reynolds here at Great Meadow singled me out of line, orders me into the Sergeant’s Bunker and… Full Transcript
Response To Krasner Dropping Appeal
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Well, this is a very substantial step forward. It is, in a way, a beginning, but as we step forward in a funny way, we also step backward because we’re going back in time to… Full Transcript
Chimenti … Settled?
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Chimenti … Settled?” Salvator Chimenti, a Pennsylvania state prisoner who is the named plaintiff in a civil rights suit against the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections—the other two plaintiffs are David Maldonado and Daniel Leyva—is suing… Full Transcript
Blackman Bows Out of Death Game
Mumia Abu-Jamal
U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Harry A. Blackmun, the court senior justice who recently announced his retirement, has firmly held as a matter of constitutional law that the death penalty, as currently administered, is unconstitutional.… Full Transcript
Greetings to the UN delegation. Initially, I wish to thank the members of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent, who prepared and filed an amicus brief in my case. And, of… Full Transcript